Aloe djiboutiensis

Aloe djiboutiensis
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe djiboutiensis
Scientific name
	Aloe djiboutiensis
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Aloe djiboutiensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet djiboutiensis refers to the occurrence of the species in Djibouti .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe djiboutiensis grows without a stem, is solitary or branched and then forms small groups. The up to 30 spread-back bent leaves are pointed. Their dark jade green leaf blades are 15 inches long and 4 inches wide. On both sides there are long white elliptical spots that are up to 3 centimeters long. The firm, reddish-tipped teeth on the whitish, cartilaginous leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 8 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is orange-yellow. It dries brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of up to twelve branches and reaches a length of up to 30 centimeters. The rather dense grapes consist of single-sided flowers and are 5 to 25 centimeters long. The pointed, brownish-white bracts are 3 millimeters long. The cylindrical, reddish pink flowers are small, speckled with white and stand on 6 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 18 to 22 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 7 to 8 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 8 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 millimeters out from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe djiboutiensis is common in Djibouti and Eritrea .

The first description by Thomas A. McCoy was published in 2007.

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literature

Susan Carter , John J. Lavranos , Leonard E. Newton , Colin C. Walker : Aloes. The definitive guide . Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011, ISBN 978-1-84246-439-7 , pp. 304 .

Individual evidence

↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 91.
↑ Thomas McCoy: Aloe djiboutiensis and Aloe ericahenriettae two new species from Djibouti. And the mystery of Aloe eumassawana's natural habitat solved . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 79, Number 6, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2007, pp. 269-273 ( doi : 10.2985 / 0007-9367 (2007) 79 [269: ADAAET] 2.0.CO; 2 ).

Web links

Photos of Aloe djiboutiensis
Herbarium evidence

[1] Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 91.

[2] Thomas McCoy: Aloe djiboutiensis and Aloe ericahenriettae two new species from Djibouti. And the mystery of Aloe eumassawana's natural habitat solved . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 79, Number 6, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2007, pp. 269-273 ( doi : 10.2985 / 0007-9367 (2007) 79 [269: ADAAET] 2.0.CO; 2 ).